diff --git a/srcpkgs/xnots/template b/srcpkgs/xnots/template
index c08b06c26d6..a323b125368 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xnots/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xnots/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version=0.2.1
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="CCOPT=\$CFLAGS"
-make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
 make_use_env=yes
 hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libXrandr-devel pango-devel"